BFA Membership.

The Finn class in the UK is administered by the British Finn Association, (BFA). Full membership of the BFA includes membership of the International Finn Association (IFA). There is no personal membership of the IFA, the only way is to compete in an IFA or NFA sanctioned event is to be a member of a recognised and approved National Finn Association (NFA), such as the BFA. The British Finn Association is a member of IFA and pays a contribution to IFA (based on the number of BFA members). The IFA have re-introduced boat stickers, so you need to have your sticker displayed to compete in any BFA or IFA events. Long term the IFA plans to build a global database of members to check against at all sanctioned events.

All British Finn Association annual memberships fees are due from 1st January, please use the web collect system by following the link below to make your renewal or register from new if you are a new member. Any problem, please contact the Membership Secretary Richard Phillips via the Contact Us form. There is a BFA WebCollect user guide available here.

The BFA annually elects a small committee that works closely with the RYA and the IFA for the benefit of its members and to help grow the class.

Manage your Membership Online!

We have set up a new simple and secure way to register for open meetings and manage your membership online. We encourage ALL our members to use this system to make it easy for both you and the BFA to deal with payments efficiently.

Classics with Carbon fleet, with their own prizes at major championships.

An active Masters section with national/international competitions in stunning venues each year; El Balis, Spain 2018, Skovshoved, Denmark 2019 plus a European Masters championship in Split, Croatia in 2018 and Poland in 2019.

Meet some friendly, sociable sailors of all levels.

Sail against the world’s best at RYA Ranking events and race alongside the Olympic squad.

Coaching and training arranged with top Olympic squad coaches.

Coaching and support for U23 sailors attending the Silver Cup – U23 World Championships.

Full membership of the BFA for 2018 is £50.00. Under 23 membership (under 23 on 1st Jan) is £27.50. Associate membership is now reduced to £10.00 and is now open to owners of Classic Finns (built before 1985) and entitles them to participate in BFA Open meetings. Any sailor who borrows a Finn to participate in BFA Events is entitled to do so as an Associate member.

Non boat-owning associate members are welcome. Become part of the UK’s most successful Olympic class.

We encourage all members to use the simple and secure system above to manage their subscriptions.